Papers, 1974-1975 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1974-1975 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of 51 transcripts of interviews Tepperman conducted with clerical workers for her book, notes on the interviews, notes without transcripts, questionnaires, and leaflets. Most of the interviewees are women who were employed in offices in the Boston area; they range in age from their twenties to their eighties. The interviews contain descriptions of working conditions, pay inequities, race discrimination, sexual harassment and discrimination, and union organizing efforts.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Tepperman, Jean, 1945-

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Jean Tepperman, poet, teacher, writer, and secretary, was born in Syracuse, New York, and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1966. While in college she worked with Students for a Democratic Society at the Dudley Street Action Center in Roxbury, Mass. Members of SDS formed Mothers for Adequate Welfare. From 1966 to 1968, she was a member of JOIN (Jobs Or Income Now) Community Union in Chicago, doing block organizing and other political work. Tepperman was also active in the anti-Vietnam War move...

9 to 5, National Association of Working Women (U.S.)

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9 to 5: Organization for Women Office Workers was founded in Boston in 1972 by Ellen Cassedy and Karen Nussbaum. In 1977 several affiliated groups, including Boston 9 to 5, sponsored the formation of a national group, Working Women, with headquarters in Cleveland. In 1983 the national organization changed its name to 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women. By means of publicity, conferences, affirmative action campaigns, and job and wage surveys, the organization has worked to improve con...

Service Employees International.

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